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ECtHR Grand Chamber begins examining conviction of teacher in Turkey due to Gülen links

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Wednesday convened to examine the case of a former teacher in Turkey...

Police officer involved in killing of Gezi protestor sentenced to 7 months in prison for causing ‘injury’

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of seven-and-a-half months to a police officer on conviction of "willfully causing minor injury" to...

Erdoğan suggests holding Turkey’s elections on May 14

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has proposed holding presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for June on May 14, bringing to mind a critical election...

German prosecutors investigating AKP MP over speech targeting Gülenists, PKK members

The Düsseldorf prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) due to his recent call...

Jailed former police chief not allowed to attend father’s funeral

Imprisoned former police chief Yakup Saygılı, who led corruption operations in 2013 that implicated then-prime minister and current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family...

Turkish court acquits police officer who killed Kurdish student in SE Turkey

A Turkish court has acquitted police officer Yakup Şenocak, who shot a Kurdish university student Kemal Kurkut to death during Nevruz celebrations in the...

Iranian FM hails thaw in Turkey’s ties with Syria

Iran on Tuesday hailed the resumption of the first direct ministerial talks between arch-rivals Ankara and Damascus since the outbreak of the Syria civil...

US high court hears sanctions evasion case against Turkey’s Halkbank

The US Supreme Court was to hear arguments Tuesday in an appeal by Turkey's Halkbank against US charges that it violated sanctions on Iran,...

Rejection of request for return of property violated church foundation’s rights: top court

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of the Hasköy Aya Paraskevi Church Foundation and said the General Directorate of Foundations’ rejection of its...

Secularism in Ankara vs. Ottoman nostalgia in Cape Town: the paradox of Turkey’s foreign policy

Türkmen Terzi  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu paid a visit to South Africa last week, unusual timing since the country does not typically receive high-profile...

Erdoğan ally says Turkey might hold elections in late May

The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has proposed holding presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled...

Activists say anti-Erdoğan stunt in Sweden aimed to expose ‘dictatorial’ Turkey

Pro-Kurdish activists in Stockholm who hung an effigy of Turkey's president, further impeding Sweden's bid to join NATO, say their stunt aimed to draw...

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